The high school baseball regular season winds down this week and local teams are preparing for the opportunity to make a run in the playoffs. The OHSAA unveiled this year’s postseason brackets earlier this week, and several local teams earned high seeds after strong spring campaigns. In ...
PITTSBURGH — Mickey Moniak doubled, tripled, and homered on his 28th birthday, Jake McCarthy had the first unassisted double play by a left fielder in the majors since 2013, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-4 on Wednesday night. The Rockies ended a three-game losing streak and snapped a five-game skid against the Pirates dating to last Aug. 3. In the first inning, McCarthy caught a sinking line drive from Bryan Reynolds on a full sprint for the second out. He then stepped on second base to double off Oneil Cruz. It was the first unassisted double play by a ...
CLEVELAND — The Angels have had a devilish time playing in Cleveland. With a 4-2 loss to the Guardians on Wednesday, Los Angeles was not only swept in the three-game series but dropped to 4-30 at Progressive Field since 2015. Cleveland’s stunning home record — and .882 winning percentage — against the Angels over the 11-year span is the best by any major league team against any opponent. Beyond that, the Guardians have hosted the Angels for 40 consecutive games without losing two in a row, the longest such streak in the expansion era (1961) for Cleveland. The Guardians ...
CANFIELD — During Wednesday’s playoff game against Boardman, Canfield scored early and often. The 12th-seeded Cardinals, who had already beaten the 17th-seeded Spartans twice this season, grabbed the lead less than two minutes into the Division II, Region 6 tilt, and behind a few ...
AUSTINTOWN — It’s been several years since the Boardman track and field program swept the All-American Conference Championship. But with dominant performances from its boys and girls, Boardman took both titles for the first time since 2021 on Wednesday at Austintown Fitch. The Spartan ...
DETROIT — James Harden scored a playoff-best 30 points and Donovan Mitchell had 21, helping the Cleveland Cavaliers come back from a nine-point deficit late in regulation and beat the Detroit Pistons 117-113 in overtime on Wednesday night to take a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference ...
